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Ex-South Sudan VP Machar returns to Juba after two years in exile

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Former first vice-president of South Sudan, Riek Machar has arrived in the capital Juba after fleeing two years ago, multiple media outlets have reported.
Machar who leads the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement In Opposition, SPLM-IO, is expected to join in peace celebrations later today.
Along with president Salva Kiir, and other leaders from across the region, Machar will join the celebrations that are premised on a peace deal signed in September under the aegis of the regional bloc, IGAD and other international stakeholders.
Machar’s spokesperson, Lam Paul Gabriel confirmed that the former vice-president will return to Juba for the first time since he fled two years ago under a hail of gunfire when an earlier peace deal collapsed.
“Machar will lead a delegation of the SPLM/A-IO members for the peace celebration in Juba but the programme in Juba is entirely in the hands of the regime,” said SPLM-IO rebel group spokesman Gabriel.
Some regional heads of state are also expected at the ceremony to publicly welcome the most recent peace agreement, signed in September.

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